A radio measurement apparatus comprising: an array antennal selection unit selecting array antennas corresponding to received signals; a reference path selection unit selecting a reference array antenna; a signal processing unit selecting a reference antenna channel through analysis of signal characteristics measured through two reception channels; a sequential channel multiplex unit determining sequentially inputting received signals of remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver; and a correction signal input unit compensating amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels.
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8. A radio measurement method comprising:
selecting array antennas corresponding to a received signal frequency band among multi-band array antennas;
selecting a target reference antenna for preferentially performing an antenna reception operation with respect to a reference target channel according to a possible signal arrival direction among the selected array antennas;
selecting a reference antenna channel through analysis of signal characteristics measured through two reception channels for two reference target antenna paths;
determining the selected reference antenna channel as a first reception channel and sequentially inputting received signals of remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver; and
compensating amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels after the array antennas are selected,
wherein selecting the target reference antenna comprises selecting two reference target antennas having no influence of radio wave shadow in possible signal arrival directions with respect to an antenna array, and
wherein the two reference target antennas are located such that each of the two reference target antennas provides a non-overlapping 180° signal reception.
1. A radio measurement apparatus comprising:
an array antenna selector selecting array antennas corresponding to received signals among multi-band array antennas;
a reference path selector selecting a reference target antenna for preferentially performing an antenna reception operation with respect to a reference target channel among the selected array antennas;
a signal processor selecting a reference antenna channel through analysis of signal characteristics measured through two reception channels for two reference target antenna paths;
a sequential channel multiplexer determining the selected reference antenna channel as a first reception channel and sequentially inputting received signals of remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver; and
a correction signal inputter compensating amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels after the array antennas are selected,
wherein the reference path selector selects two reference target antennas having no influence of radio wave shadow in possible signal arrival directions with respect to an antenna array, and
wherein the two reference target antennas are located such that each of the two reference target antennas provides a non-overlapping 180° signal reception.
2. The radio measurement apparatus of
3. The radio measurement apparatus of
4. The radio measurement apparatus of
5. The radio measurement apparatus of
6. The radio measurement apparatus of
7. The radio measurement apparatus of
9. The radio measurement method of
selecting the reference antenna path as the first reception channel from the signals received from the two reference target antennas prior to normal measurement.
10. The radio measurement method of
performing sequential multiplexing in time synchronization with the reference target antenna with respect to the antenna array except for the reference channel.
11. The radio measurement method of
determining the antenna having no radio wave shadow as the reference antenna channel by selecting the reference antenna channel through evaluation of the received signals of the two reference target antenna channels; and
determining a control signal for selecting the reference antenna channel as the first reception channel prior to the normal sequential measurement.
12. The radio measurement method of
measuring signal spectrums through evaluation of signal synthesis values of the two reception channels; and
improving a reception gain through synthesis of the delay signals between the reception channels.
13. The radio measurement method of
calculating cross-correlation spectrums through frequency conversion with respect to the signals received from the two reception channels to reduce non-correlation noise of the individual channels.
14. The radio measurement method of
measuring spectrum values of phase delay of the respective signals through calculation of time sample correlation values; and
calculating signal phase delay coordinates or signal arrival direction coordinates of plural signal spectrums in a measurement band.
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0108586, filed on Sep. 10, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
The present invention relates generally to radio measurement, and more particularly to a radio measurement method and a radio measurement apparatus using multi-antenna channel multiplex, which can reduce radio wave shadow influence, reduce noise using dual channel phase-spectrum analysis and dual channel cross spectrum, and measure signal arrival direction of a multi-channel signal more accurately by variably selecting a reference antenna from an antenna array that can avoid radio wave shadow in a possible signal arrival direction with respect to a received channel and measuring radio waves through a channel multiplex with respect to other antenna arrays in the radio measurement apparatus for signal spectrum measurement and signal direction estimation.
In general, a cross-correlation technology using multiple array antennas is a technology that is generally applied in the signal processing fields, such as digital beam forming and direction detection technologies using phase delay factors that evaluate signal arrival direction in the configuration of a radio receiving apparatus. Spatial modeling of an arrival signal through a correlation technique is to evaluate signal arrival direction estimation parameters for maximizing signal power by extracting a characteristic value for an array antenna response characteristic of the arrival signal or digitally adding a phase delay value to an antenna with respect to the signal arrival direction.
In the dual channel direction detection apparatus as illustrated in
In general, phase delay parameter values of respective antenna responses in the signal arrival direction may be extracted with respect to sampling-synchronized signals that are received from a plurality of array antennas, or in contrast, signal spectrum measurement through the beam forming may be performed through application of the phase delay parameters of the extracted array antenna responses.
The array antenna configuration has the problem that it may accompany performance deterioration due to the radio shield phenomenon of an antenna mast for supporting the array antenna or antenna elements. Accordingly, in the radio measurement system for the signal spectrum measurement and signal direction estimation, a reference receiving channel is selected, and the measurement is performed using correlations in amplitude, phase, and time delay between the signal characteristics of the reference receiving channel and the signal characteristics of receiving channels of other array antennas.
However, it is inefficient in space and cost to configure a radio receiving apparatus that is composed of a plurality of receiving channels corresponding to antenna channels in the radio measurement system.
Further, if the received signal characteristics of the reference receiving channel are not satisfactory due to the radio wave shadow of the antenna or the mast, the overall radio measurement is affected thereby.
In view of the above, the present invention provides a radio measurement method and a radio measurement apparatus using multi-antenna channel multiplex, which can reduce radio wave shadow influence, reduce noise using dual channel phase-spectrum analysis and dual channel cross spectrum, and measure signal arrival direction of a multi-channel signal more accurately by variably selecting a reference antenna from an antenna array that can avoid radio wave shadow in a possible signal arrival direction with respect to a received channel through a pre-measurement stage, and measuring radio waves through a channel multiplex with respect to other antenna arrays in the radio measurement apparatus for signal spectrum measurement and signal direction estimation.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a radio measurement apparatus, which includes: an array antenna selection unit selecting array antennas corresponding to received signals among multi-band array antennas; a reference path selection unit selecting a reference array antenna for preferentially performing an antenna reception operation with respect to a reference target channel among the selected array antennas; a signal processing unit selecting a reference antenna channel through analysis of signal characteristics measured through two reception channels for two target reference antenna paths; a sequential channel multiplex unit determining the selected reference channel as a first receiver channel and sequentially inputting received signals of remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver; and a correction signal input unit compensating amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels after the array antennas are selected.
In the embodiment, the reference path selection unit selects two target antennas having no influence of radio wave shadow in possible signal arrival directions with respect to an antenna array, and selects the reference antenna path as the first receiver channel from the signals received from the two reference target antennas prior to normal measurement using the sequential channel multiplex unit.
In the embodiment, the sequential channel multiplex unit performs sequential multiplexing in time synchronization with the reference array antenna with respect to the antenna array except for the reference channel.
In the embodiment, the signal processing unit determines the antenna having no radio wave shadow as a reference antenna channel by selecting the reference antenna channel through evaluation of the received signals of the two reference target antenna channels and determining a control signal for selecting the reference antenna channel as a first receiver prior to the normal sequential measurement using the sequential channel multiplex unit.
In the embodiment, the signal processing unit measures signal spectrums through evaluation of signal synthesis values of the two reception channels, and improves a reception gain through synthesis of the delay signals between the reception channels.
In the embodiment, the signal processing unit calculates cross-correlation spectrums through frequency conversion with respect to the signals received from the two reception channels to reduce non-correlation noise of the individual channels.
In the embodiment, the signal processing unit measures spectrum values of phase delay of the respective signals through calculation of time sample correlation values, and calculates signal phase delay coordinates or signal arrival direction coordinates of plural signal spectrums in a measurement band.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a radio measurement method, which includes: selecting array antennas corresponding to a received signal frequency band among multi-band array antennas; selecting a target reference array antenna for preferentially performing an antenna reception operation with respect to a reference target channel according to a possible signal arrival direction among the selected array antennas; selecting a reference antenna channel through analysis of signal characteristics measured through two reception channels for two target reference antenna paths; determining the selected reference channel as a first receiver channel and sequentially inputting received signals of remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver; and compensating amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels after the array antennas are selected.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a radio measurement method, which includes: selecting an optimum reference signal reception channel using sequential time multiplex operation with respect to sparse dual reception channel from multiple array antennas; receiving a dual-channel sync signal using sequential time multiplex operation with respect to received signals from reference antennas and received signals from other array antennas; analyzing dual-channel cross-spectrum through frequency conversion from the received dual-channel sync collection signal and generating signal phase delay spectrums; constructing an array antenna response matrix with respect to the received signals; and estimating arrival directions of the received signals and measuring phase delay parameters and radio spectrums.
In accordance with the present invention, a reference antenna is selected from two antenna arrays that can avoid radio wave shadow in a possible signal arrival direction with respect to a received channel, and radio waves are measured through a channel multiplex with respect to other antenna arrays in the radio measurement apparatus for signal spectrum measurement and signal direction estimation. Accordingly, radio wave shadow influence can be reduced, noise can be reduced using dual channel phase-spectrum analysis and dual channel cross spectrum and the signal arrival direction of a multi-channel signal can be measured more accurately.
The objects and qualities of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, the operation principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In explaining the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. Also, the following terms are defined considering functions of the present invention, and may be differently defined according to the intention of an operator or custom. Therefore, the terms should be defined based on the overall contents of the specification.
Referring to
An array antenna selection unit 202 selects array antennas corresponding to a received signal frequency band among multi-band array antennas in an array antenna unit 200. A path selection unit 204, which includes channel switches, selects a reference array antenna for preferentially performing an antenna reception operation with respect to a reference target channel.
A sequential channel multiplex unit 206 determines the selected reference channel as a first receiver channel and sequentially inputs received signals of the remaining array antennas to output the sequentially input signals to a receiver. A reference antenna selection unit 208 analyzes signal characteristics measured through two target reference antenna reception channels, selects one reference antenna channel, and allocates the selected reference antenna channel as a first reception channel.
Further, a signal processing unit 212 measures signal spectrums through evaluation of signal synthesis values of the two reception channels, and synthesizes the delay signals to improve reception gains. Further, in order to reduce non-correlation noise of an individual channel, cross-correlation spectrums are calculated through performing of frequency conversion with respect to the signals received from the two reception channels.
Further, the signal processing unit 212 measures spectrum values of phase delay of the respective signals through calculation of the temporal sample correlation values, and calculates signal phase delay coordinates or signal arrival direction coordinates of the plurality of signal spectrums in a measurement band.
The correction signal input unit 210 compensates amplitude and phase characteristics of the respective reception channels in the array antenna selection step or the subsequent step.
In an actual environment, a radiation signal from a transmitter is not independent of the signals received from the array reception antenna in the signal direction, but correlates with the received signals.
In the proposed technology, the response characteristics of the array antennas in all estimatable signal arrival directions, that is, time delay of two reception antennas that are spatially arranged, that is, relative phase characteristics, may be defined as a signal arrival angle estimation vector. In such a linear time invariant antenna system, relative average values of the array antenna responses at respective azimuth angles with respect to time evolution may be expressed as a function of x(f) that has the characteristics of E(x(t1)=E(x(t2).
Accordingly, in the linear time invariant system in which the antenna azimuth angle response X(θ) in the ideal true direction has the azimuth angle response characteristics Y(θ) of the array antennas in the signal incident direction in the real environment, the azimuth angle correlation estimation value of the relative correlation value in the true azimuth can be estimated from the correlation response characteristic values RXY(θ) of two signals.
Through the proposed correlation technique, the real environment array antenna response noise by means of the phase delay of the respective incident signals with respect to the azimuth angles has non-correlational relationship, and thus the estimation accuracy and precision can be improved.
RXY(θ)RXX(θ)*h(θ)
RXY(θ)=∫−∞∞RXX(θ−θ1)h(θ1)dθ1 [Equation 1]
As in Equation 1 expressing the correlation characteristics of the azimuth angle response, the ideal azimuth angle response characteristic value X(θ) of the frequency or wavelength dependent signal and the incident signal response characteristic Y(θ) of the linear time invariant array antenna in the real environment are determined by the correlation function of the response function h(θ) of the array antenna in the reception environment.
However, the spatial filtering through the beam forming and signal arrival direction estimation using the array antennas requires configuration of a digitizer for signals from a plurality of spatial array antennas and a device for multi-channel phase synchronization for sampling time, that is, sampling clock, for signal collection, and it is required to use phase correction technology or the like using a correction signal for a multi-channel reception channel path to perform such operations.
In general, phase delay parameter values of respective antenna responses in the signal arrival direction may be extracted with respect to synchronized sampling signals that are received from a plurality of array antennas, or in contrast, signal spectrum measurement through the beam forming may be performed through application of the phase delay parameters of the extracted array antenna responses.
An embodiment of the present invention proposes an efficient apparatus for the configuration of a radio spectrum measurement and direction estimation system that includes five circularly arranged antennas having sparse reception channels and dual channel reception channels. That is, the present invention relates to a multi-channel antenna interface apparatus in a radio measurement system for the signal spectrum and signal direction estimation, and as an example, to a sparse dual-channel interface apparatus from a multiplexed broadband antenna array.
In the radio measurement system for the signal direction estimation, the antenna array according to the measurement frequency exerts an influence on the radio measurement performance according to the radius of the array antennas. Accordingly, for the broadband measurement, the antenna array that is divided into a plurality of measurement frequency bands has a multi-configuration according to the radius of the plurality of array antennas.
In the case of five array antennas as shown in
Hereinafter, referring to
First, as shown in
Then, if the phase delay is determined (S402), the radio measurement apparatus compensates for the phase delay, performs FFT with respect to signal 1 and signal 2, of which phase delay is compensated for (S404), and generates signal 1 and signal 2 as 3D frequency spectrums as shown in
That is, as shown in
The radio measurement apparatus evaluates the phase delay values of the two reception channels in the antenna directions such as beam forming antenna characteristics, and applies phase delay weight values to the time domain collected samples to make it possible to measure the signal spectrums of the maximum signal collection.
Then, as shown in
On the other hand, as shown in
Then, the radio measurement apparatus determines the phase delay (S456) after performing the FFT of signal 1 and noise-reduced signal 2, generates dual-channel cross correlation spectrum (S458), and reduces noise included in signal 1 and signal 2.
Referring to
Further, referring to
The above-described configuration can evaluate the phase delay values of the two reception channels in the antenna directions such as beam forming antenna characteristics, and apply phase delay weight values to the time domain collected samples to make it possible to measure the signal spectrums of the maximum signal collection.
That is, the radio measurement apparatus performs selecting an optimum reference signal reception channel using sequential time multiplex operation with respect to sparse dual reception channel from multiple array antennas, receiving a dual-channel sync signal using sequential time multiplex operation with respect to received signals from reference antennas and received signals from other array antennas, analyzing dual-channel cross-spectrum through frequency conversion from the received dual-channel sync signal and generating signal phase delay spectrums, constructing an array antenna response matrix with respect to the received signals, and estimating arrival directions of the received signals and measuring phase delay parameter weights and radio wave spectrums. Accordingly, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received signals is improved, and thus the signal direction detection and signal characteristic measurement performance can be improved.
Although detailed embodiments of the present invention have been described, various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the above-described embodiments, but should be defined by the appended claims.
Choi, Yong-Seok, Kim, Sang Tae, Lee, Seong Yun, Park, Gwangmoon, Ro, Haeng Sook, Suk, Mi-Kyung
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